FIXED WIRE ELECTRICAL TESTING WEST BROMWICH
Unfortunately, all electrical installs (cabling, consumer boards etc) degrade with both age and use. In consequence of this wear and tear, all electrical installations must be tested at regular intervals.
What does your fixed wire electrical test look for?
These kind of inspections determine and ensure that all electrics are in a safe and satisfactory condition to be continued to be used. As soon as an inspection has been carried out and is satisfactory, we are able to issue you with an Electrical Condition Report or EICR for short.
Our fixed wire electrical test will identify and search for:
- Detect if any electrical devices or circuits are beyond capacity.
- Identify potential risks for scarcity of earthing of bonding.
- Arrow services will service any switches, sockets or light fittings. Arrow services may discover that some objects need replacing for example older pin sockets and mounted sockets in skirting boards.
- Ascertain if you have any fire dangers or chance of electric shock. In the same manner, any wear out that may be found.
- Illustrate any defective electrical work.
- Check any switch and control equipment and identify its suitability. Arrow services will look for things like fuse boxes with wooden backs etc and issue substitutes.
- The wiring system type and its condition. Older cables for instance, cables covered in lead, fabric or rubber may require changing with more sophisticated advanced and longer lasting PVC insulated cables.
- Arrow services will assure you have appropriate notices present.
How often will you need a fixed wire electrical test?
It’s a statutory requirement that commercial properties and properties where the public have access; are routinely examined and that an EICR is carried out on the electronic services. The time scale between testing depends on the function and the use of the building.
It is recommended for a commercial property that a fixed wire assessment is carried out no less than:
- At least once every Five years. Examinations can be handled in a couple of ways. You may either opt for a FULL 100% assessment every 5 years. Another choice is to have a rolling inspection program whereby, you have a 20% inspection once a year. Which means that the electric installation is checked out once per year for faults.
There may also be times when a fixed wire electrical test should be carried out:
- If you own a property and are preparing the property to be let.
- If you are due to sell a property or purchasing a previously occupied property.
What is the EICR?
An EICR is Electrical Installation Condition Report. It is a report into the condition of the electrical installation and will highlight any electrical safety shortcomings, defects or deviations from the current revision of the electrical regulations BS7671.
The main purpose of a EICR is to report on the safety condition of an existing installation. Our reports describe with detail as to the overall condition as either ‘satisfactory’, in which case no immediate remedial work is required, or ‘unsatisfactory’ which means remedial work is required to make the installation safe to use.
